No, thanks!
Nov. 24th, 2006 06:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmxratedYesterday for Thanksgiving, we had to drive down to New Jersey because Grandpa Bob was taking us out to some fancy restaurant, which I don't remember the name of. Aunt Allison, her friend Blas, and Cousin Steven were also at the house. When we got to the restaurant, one of us asked the waitress if we could order anything from the regular menu, but she said only the Thanksgiving items are available. I told her just to get me some stuffing, and Mom and Dad brought me away from the table to tell me not to look exasperated. Everything was a bit too fancy for my tastes, and even Mom said that she wasn't too fond of it either, but Dad told me that sometimes, you just gotta go along with the flow. This later led to a nice little argument that I had with him in the car right before we got back to Grandpa's house: He said that staying home isn't an option, because it's insulting to the person who's treating us all to this (in this case, Grandpa). He also stressed the importance of making white lies and pretending "I'll eat anything," but to everything he said, I responded with something sarcastic. Fuck anything dad said about the subject; if I don't like something, I'll make it crystal clear (not necessarily in a mean way) that it sucks! He says that if you say you don't like something, it could be the last time anyone will ever invite you out to eat. Works for me; that'll be the last time I ever accept an invitation from that person. For all anyone knows, suppose I do want to remove someone from my life.
(As quoted by Daria Morgandorfer during her graduation ceremony: "Since I'm not that good at lying, I'm gonna just tell you right now: High School sucks.")
But moving on, when we got to the house, Marie and Aunt Allison were watching some movie called White Noise. I watched part of it, but we had to leave an hour before it ended. Grandpa told us to leave the TV running 24 hours a day, because it's an old TV and the remote's not working. If you turn it off and turn it on later, the bottom half of the screen is completely blank, while the top half is still on. Mom did tell Grandpa about my concerns about Global Warming, though, but I decided to follow grandpa's request anyway.
(As quoted by Daria Morgandorfer during her graduation ceremony: "Since I'm not that good at lying, I'm gonna just tell you right now: High School sucks.")
But moving on, when we got to the house, Marie and Aunt Allison were watching some movie called White Noise. I watched part of it, but we had to leave an hour before it ended. Grandpa told us to leave the TV running 24 hours a day, because it's an old TV and the remote's not working. If you turn it off and turn it on later, the bottom half of the screen is completely blank, while the top half is still on. Mom did tell Grandpa about my concerns about Global Warming, though, but I decided to follow grandpa's request anyway.